Dominic O’Sullivan qualified at Bristol Dental hospital in 1991. Following time spent in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery posts, general practice and private practice he developed an interest in the use of dental implants and joined a European Research Team in 1996 led by Professor Neil Meredith developing the use of Resonance Frequency analysis to assess the stability of dental implants as a predictor for implant success and failure. Following the completion of a PhD in dental implant design in 2001 he entered specialist training in Restorative Dentistry and gained a Consultant Senior Lecturer post in Bristol Dental School in 2006.

He has developed a number of innovations within dental postgraduate education including contributing two modules to the International Team for Implantology Online Academy, the largest worldwide online teaching and learning resource in dental implantology. In 2008 he also developed the University of Bristol MSc in Dental Implantology and acted as its Programme Director from its inception until 2016.

He was appointed as Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Bristol in 2011. He has extensive experience in teaching and teaching quality assurance at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the UK and Internationally.

He was elected as a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology in 2012.

He is a member of the University of Bristol Oral surface Science Research group and has published widely on a range of topics related to dental implantology and Restorative dentistry including biofilm formation on dental implants and nano-scale alterations of dental implant surfaces for the management of peri-implant inflammatory disease.

He is currently holds a post as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at theUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. He acts an external examiner for the MSc in Prosthodontics at the University of Manchester. In 2016 he was appointed as Honorary Professor at the James Cook University in Australia.
Dominic is a member of several specialist dental societies, including the Association of Dental Implantology, British Society for Restorative Dentistry, British Prosthodontic Society, British Society for Periodontology, Restorative Dentistry UK, and an elected Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). He regularly presents at national and international level.

Dominic accepts referrals for all aspects of restorative dental treatment and has a particular interest in the rehabilitation of patients using dental implants.